With an estimated population in July 2024 of 8,478,072, distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), the city is themost densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population ofLos Angeles, the country's second-most populous city. Over 20.1 million people live in New York City'smetropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in itscombined statistical area as of 2020, both the largest in the U.S. New York City is one of the world's most populousmegacities. The city and its metropolitan area serve as the premier gateway for legalimmigration to the United States. An estimated 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The New York City metropolitan region is home to thelargest foreign-born population of any metropolitan region in the world, approximately 5.9 million as of 2023. (Full article...)
The building is shaped like an irregular pentagon, with achamfer cutting diagonally across what would typically be the southwest corner of a rectangular slab. Thefacade is made of gray-green glass and polished granite, which Barnes intended would give the building the appearance of a prism. The northeast corner of the tower is cantilevered over the main entrance, and there are nosetbacks throughout the building's height. Adjacent to 590 Madison Avenue's southwest corner is aprivately owned public space covered by a glass structure, which contains chairs, tables, and bamboo trees.
From 1938 to 1964, IBM was headquartered at one of the previous structures on the site. Despite relocating its headquarters to a suburb of New York City, IBM retained office space at multiple locations in the city and proposed the current skyscraper to consolidate some of its operations. IBM owned the tower until May 1994, when it sold the building to Edward J. Minskoff and Odyssey Partners. Until the sale, IBM occupied most of the building's space; the firm continues to maintain offices in the building, though most space has been leased to other tenants. The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, which became a co-owner in 1995 and eventually took over ownership of the whole building, sold it in 2025 toRXR Realty. (Full article...)
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"Hearts and Souls" is the fifth episode of thesixth season and 115th overall of theAmericancrime dramaNYPD Blue. "Hearts and Souls" originally aired in the United States onABC on Tuesday, November 24, 1998, at 9:30 pm Eastern time as a 90-minute special. The episode was directed byParis Barclay and written bySteven Bochco,David Milch,Bill Clark andNicholas Wootton. It was the culmination of months of public speculation on the method of closure that would be employed to writeJimmy Smits's critically acclaimedBobby Simone character out of the regular cast and clear the way for Smits' replacement,Rick Schroder. "Hearts and Souls" was a critical and commercial success, achieving both high ratings and positive critical feedback and is now regarded as one of the greatest episodes in television history. It marked the second high-profile replacement of the partner for lead character DetectiveAndy Sipowicz, played byDennis Franz.
At the51st Primetime Emmy Awards, this episode won awards for Direction forParis Barclay and Guest Actress forDebra Monk as well as a nominations in Writing forSteven Bochco,David Milch,Bill Clark andNicholas Wootton. Barclay also won aDirectors Guild of America Award. The episode also won anEddie Award and aBanff Rockie Award as well as aCinema Audio Society Award nomination. While the episode was given a 90-minute timeslot on ABC when first aired, it has been shown in syndication as a regular episode covering around half of that time (the rest of the hour block is where commercials were in the pre-streaming era), with the subplot involving Greg Medavoy's angry interactions with an annoying complainant being entirely removed and the material with Andy and Katie being reduced somewhat.
This was Smits' last regular appearance as Simone, although he returned for one scene in an episode during thetwelfth season. The episode highlights his rapid and mysterious physical demise, which has culminated in his need for aheart transplant. Many emotional portrayals are included to represent the feelings of loved ones, friends and colleagues when someone that they care about is suddenly in dire medical need. In another storyline, the episode simultaneously highlights the stress that can be caused when alcoholism afflicts a family through a critically acclaimed guest appearance byDebra Monk as the ex-wife of Sipowicz. (Full article...)
Thefacade of both the original building and its annex is made almost entirely out ofmarble. The courthouse's exterior was originally decorated with 21 sculptures from 16 separate artists; one of the sculptures was removed in 1955. The main entrance is through a double-heightcolonnade on 25th Street with a decorativepediment; there is also a smaller colonnade on Madison Avenue. The far northern end of the annex's facade containsa Holocaust Memorial byHarriet Feigenbaum, and the sculptureNOW byShahzia Sikander is mounted atop the building. Inside the courthouse, ten artists created murals for the main hall and the courtroom. The interiors are decorated with elements such as marble walls, woodwork, and paneled andcoffered ceilings; the courtroom also hasstained-glass windows and a stained-glass ceiling dome. The remainder of the building contains various offices, judges' chambers, and other rooms.
The Appellate Division Courthouse was proposed in the late 1890s to accommodate the Appellate Division's First Department, which had been housed in rented quarters since its founding. Construction took place between 1896 and 1899, with a formal opening on January 2, 1900. Following unsuccessful attempts to relocate the court in the 1930s and 1940s, the northern annex was built between 1952 and 1955, and the original courthouse was also renovated. The structure was again renovated in the 1980s and in the 2000s. Throughout the courthouse's existence, its architecture has received largely positive commentary. The Appellate Division Courthouse is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, and its facade and interior are bothNew York City designated landmarks. (Full article...)
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Marilyn E. Saviola (July 13, 1945 – November 23, 2019) was an Americandisability rights activist, executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York from 1983 to 1999, and vice president of Independence Care System after 2000. Saviola, apolio survivor fromManhattan, New York, is known nationally within thedisability rights movement for her advocacy for people with disabilities and had accepted many awards and honors for her work. (Full article...)
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The "Harris" marquee can be seen on the far right of this 1985 photo, comprising the rightmost part of theCandler Building.
The theater was located in the rear of the Candler Building and was accessed through the building's western wings. The auditorium was decorated in theItalian Renaissance style, with seats across two levels. There were originally fourboxes, aproscenium arch with ornate plasterwork, and an elaboratesaucer dome on the ceiling.Albert Herter painted six murals for the theater's lobby, as well as another mural at the rear of the auditorium.
A syndicate headed by music publisherSol Bloom acquired the theater's site in 1913. The Candler opened on May 8, 1914, with the filmAntony and Cleopatra and started hosting legitimate shows during the 1914–1915 season. Cohan and Harris bought out Bloom's and Kleine's interests in the Candler in 1916 and renamed it the Cohan and Harris Theatre, hosting several successful shows in the 1910s. After Cohan and Harris's partnership dissolved in 1920, Harris continued to produce shows at the theater, renaming it after himself. Harris sold the theater in 1926 to theShubert brothers, who struggled to produce successful shows and forfeited the theater after seven years. Max A. Cohen, head of the Cinema Circuit, acquired the Harris Theatre in 1933; the venue was used as a movie theater until 1994. The city and state governments of New York acquired the theater as part of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project in 1990.Forest City Ratner developed an entertainment and retail complex on the site in the 1990s, demolishing the theater to make way for Madame Tussauds. (Full article...)
In 1928,Columbia University, the owner of the site, leased the land toJohn D. Rockefeller Jr., the complex's developer. Originally envisioned as the site for a newMetropolitan Opera building, the current Rockefeller Center came about after the Met could not afford to move to the proposed new building. Various plans were discussed before the current one was approved in 1932.Construction of Rockefeller Center started in 1931, and the first buildings opened in 1933. The core of the complex was completed by 1939. Described as one of the greatest projects of theGreat Depression era, Rockefeller Center became aNew York City designated landmark in 1985 and aNational Historic Landmark in 1987. The complex and associated land has been controlled since 2000 byTishman Speyer, which bought the property for $1.85 billion.
The original center has several sections. Radio City, along Sixth Avenue and centered on30 Rockefeller Plaza, includesRadio City Music Hall and was built forRCA's radio-related enterprises such asNBC. The International Complex along Fifth Avenue was built to house foreign-based tenants. The remainder of the original complex originally hosted printed media as well asEastern Air Lines. While 600 Fifth Avenue is at the southeast corner of the complex, it was built by private interests in the 1950s and was only acquired by the center in 1963. The complex is noted for the large quantities of art present in almost all of its buildings, its expansive underground concourse, itsice-skating rink, and its annual lighting of theRockefeller Center Christmas Tree. (Full article...)
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Astoria Park is a 59.96-acre (24.26 ha) public park in theAstoria neighborhood ofQueens inNew York City. The park is situated on the eastern shore of theHell Gate, a strait of theEast River, betweenDitmars Boulevard to the north and Hoyt Avenue to the south. TheRobert F. Kennedy (Triborough) andHell Gate Bridges respectively pass over the park's southern and northern sections. Astoria Park contains a playground, a soccer field, a running track, a skate park, and courts for tennis, basketball, andbocce. Astoria Park also includes theAstoria Play Center, which consists of a recreation center and a pool. The park and play center are maintained by theNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks).
Astoria Park was planned in 1905, but the land was not acquired until October 1913. Astoria Park was formally named after the surrounding neighborhood in December 1913, and recreational facilities gradually opened within the park during the next two decades. The pool and bathhouse were designed by John Hatton during aWorks Progress Administration project in 1935–1936 and was used for theUnited States Olympic Trials for swimming during 1936, 1952, and 1964. The park was extensively renovated in the 1980s and the late 2010s. The Astoria Play Center was designated a city landmark by theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2007. (Full article...)
A city law, theNew York City Human Rights Law, prohibitsdiscrimination on the basis of disability. Since 1990,elevators have been built in newly constructed stations to comply with the ADA, with most grade-level stations requiring little modification to meet ADA standards. The MTA identified 100 "key stations", high-traffic and/or geographically important stations on the subway system, which have been or are being renovated to comply with the ADA. One of the key tenets of the 2018Fast Forward Plan to rescue the subway system is to drastically increase the number of ADA-accessible subway stations, adding accessible facilities to 70 stations by 2024. In 2022, the MTA agreed in a settlement to make 95 percent of subway and Staten Island Railway stations accessible by 2055. (Full article...)
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Aerial view of Hart Island, in 2012
Hart Island, sometimes referred to asHart's Island, is located at the western end ofLong Island Sound, in the northeasternBronx inNew York City. Measuring approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long by 0.33 miles (0.53 km) wide, Hart Island is part of thePelham Islands archipelago and is east ofCity Island.
The remains of more than one million people are buried on Hart Island. Since the first decade of the 21st century, however, there have been fewer than 1,500 burials a year. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims. Access to the island was restricted by the Department of Correction, which operated an infrequent ferryboat service and imposed strict visitation quotas. Burials were conducted by inmates from the nearbyRikers Island jail until 2020 and theCOVID-19 pandemic. The Hart Island Project, a public charity founded by visual artist Melinda Hunt, worked to improve access to the island and make burial records more easily available. Transfer to theParks Department in 2019 had been sought for over twenty years and was hoped to ease public access to the Island. Burials in the island's potter's field continued after the transfer. (Full article...)
The Lambs Club Building is variously cited as being designed in theColonial,Neo-Georgian, orneoclassical styles. The ground floor of the facade is clad with smooth marble, while the upper stories are clad with redFlemish-bond brick,terracotta trim, and stonequoins at each end. The clubhouse's interior was originally designed in theFederal style, with club rooms on the lower stories and bedrooms for club members on the upper stories. The club rooms included auditoriums on the first and third floors; a dining room on the second floor; and a library and banquet room on the third floor. When the building was converted into a hotel, the first and second floors were converted into a bar and restaurant called the Lambs Club, while the upper floors were converted into 83 guestrooms.
The Lambs were founded in 1874 and relocated to multiple buildings over the years. By 1902, overcrowding at the club's previous headquarters prompted the Lambs to consider developing a new clubhouse, which opened on September 1, 1905. The clubhouse was expanded in 1915, but the Lambs faced financial troubles during the 1920s and 1930s because of competition fromtalking pictures. After the club experienced further financial difficulties in the 1970s, the clubhouse was sold at auction in 1975, and theChurch of the Nazarene bought the clubhouse. The church used the building as a mission, while the theaters were leased to anoff-Broadway venue called theLamb's Theatre. The church announced plans to convert the building into a hotel in 1999 and sold the building in 2006 to Hampshire Hotels, operated by the family ofVikram Chatwal. The hotel and the Lambs Club restaurant opened in 2010, and the hotel became part ofStarwood's Luxury Collection. Since 2025, it has been owned by Ben-Josef Group. (Full article...)
111 West 57th Street contains 59luxury condominiums: 14 in Steinway Hall and 45 in the tower. The residential tower has a glassfacade withpiers made ofterracotta; itspinnacle containssetbacks on the southern side. The tower is thefourth-tallest building in the United States as of November 2022, as well as the thinnest skyscraper in the world with awidth-to-height ratio of about 1:24. Steinway Hall is aNew York City designated landmark and has a facade made mostly of brick, limestone, and terracotta. 111 West 57th Street contains numerous resident amenities, housed mostly in the building's base, as well as a largerotunda within Steinway Hall that is also a designated city landmark.
The Steinway & Sons store at 111 West 57th Street was proposed in 1916 but was not completed for another nine years due to lawsuits and other delays. Steinway Hall served as a store, recital hall, and office building for almost nine decades, though it was unsuccessful as aspeculative development. Plans for a residential skyscraper on the site date to 2005, and JDS acquired the lots for the skyscraper between 2012 and 2013. Despite the tower's size, it was technically constructed as an addition to Steinway Hall. Construction on the tower began in 2014, and Steinway Hall was restored as part of the residential project. The development faced several challenges, including financing difficulties, lawsuits, and controversies over employment. The towertopped out during April 2019 and was finished in 2022. (Full article...)
500 Fifth Avenue was designed with afacade of bronze, limestone, andterracotta at the base; it is clad with brick above the fourth floor. While the lowest four floors contain a decorative exterior, little ornamentation is used above the base. The primary entrance is on Fifth Avenue, and storefronts are located at ground level. Upon its opening, the building contained design features including fastelevators, well-lit office units, and a floor plan that maximized the well-lit office space. The1916 Zoning Resolution resulted in a structure that incorporatedsetbacks, resulting in the lower floors being larger than the upper floors.
500 Fifth Avenue was built for businessmanWalter J. Salmon Sr. In the 1920s, prior to the building's development, the underlying land had become extremely valuable. Similarly to the much largerEmpire State Building nine blocks south, which was constructed simultaneously, 500 Fifth Avenue's construction was highly coordinated. 500 Fifth Avenue opened in March 1931, but the structure garnered relatively little attention after the Empire State Building opened shortly afterward. The building was designated anofficial city landmark by theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2010. (Full article...)
The hotel building is 12 stories tall. Itsfacade is largely made of red brick and limestone, with elaborate decorations. The facade is divided vertically into sixbays and horizontally into a two-story base, a six-story midsection, a transitional story, and a three-storymansard roof. The hotel originally contained several ground-floor amenity areas for guests, including aneo-Grec lobby, reception room, and ballroom. The upper floors are arranged in an "H" shape and originally contained various suites and rooms, which have been rearranged over the years into 160 guestrooms.
Dewey acquired the site in 1902. The hotel opened on March 1, 1904, several months behind schedule, and Dewey had lost the Wolcott toforeclosure by that September. The Wolcott was operated by numerous individuals during the early 20th century, including William and Julius Manger ofManger Hotels during the 1920s. Over the years, it was popular with travelers, though the Wolcott also had permanent residents such asIsadora Duncan,James Buchanan Duke,Doris Duke,Edith Wharton,Mark Twain, andHenry Miller. The Wolcott had declined into asingle room occupancy hotel by 1975, when the Erlich family bought it and made numerous renovations. The Wolcott was known as abudget hotel in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, then served as a temporary shelter in the 2020s. (Full article...)
The station has two platform levels; trains headed southbound to downtown andBrooklyn use the upper level, while trains headed northbound to uptown andQueens use the lower level. This is one of the deepest stations in the subway system, requiring several banks of long escalators or elevators.
Construction started at this station in 1969, but as a result of theNew York City fiscal crisis in 1975, the station did not open until 1989. Originally, the station was intended to be a transfer point forSixth Avenue/Queens Boulevard andBroadway/Second Avenue services. As such, the station was designed to allow forcross-platform interchanges on both levels. However,construction of the Second Avenue Subway was halted in 1975 during the station's construction. As a result, the north side of the station, intended for service to Second Avenue, was hidden with a temporary orange brick wall, and space intended for an exit at Third Avenue was left unused. While the south side of the station opened for service in 1989, the north side was used only for storing trains. (Full article...)
The concept of a benefit concert in Central Park had been proposed byParks CommissionerGordon Davis and promoter Ron Delsener. Television channelHBO agreed to carry the concert, and they worked with Delsener to decide on Simon and Garfunkel as the appropriate act for this event. Besides hits from their years as a duo, their 21-song set list included material from their solo careers, and covers. Among them were "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "The Boxer" and Simon's "Late in the Evening", with the show concluding with a reprise of the latter. Ongoing personal tensions between the duo led them to decide against a permanent reunion, despite the success of the concert and a subsequent world tour.
The album and film were released the year after the concert. Simon and Garfunkel's performance was praised by music critics and the album was commercially successful, peaking No. 6 on theBillboard 200 album charts and being certified doubleplatinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The video recordings were initially broadcast on HBO and were subsequently made available on Laserdisc, CED, VHS and DVD. A single was released ofSimon and Garfunkel's live performance ofthe Everly Brothers song "Wake Up Little Susie". It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and is the duo's last Top 40 hit. InCanada the single was No. 4 for 2 weeks on the AC charts. (Full article...)
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Begin Again is a 2013 Americanmusicalcomedy-drama film written and directed byJohn Carney, and starringKeira Knightley andMark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.
After the success of his 2007 musical filmOnce, Carney wrote the script in 2010 and employedGregg Alexander to compose most of the film's music. With a US$8 million budget, production began in July 2012 with filming taking place in various locations around New York City. The film premiered under its original titleCan a Song Save Your Life? at the2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically on June 27, 2014, in conjunction with the release of the film's soundtrack. It has grossed $63.4 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Original Song for "Lost Stars". (Full article...)
Though initially rumored to be part of a planned stage musical, Miranda and Davis clarified thatWarriors was conceived as a standalone musical work. Miranda stated that treating the project as an album rather than a stage production allowed him to work with some of his "dream collaborators" who could not commit to a Broadway schedule.Warriors features a diverse group of artists, including hip-hop figuresLauryn Hill,Busta Rhymes,Ghostface Killah, andRZA, as well as Latin musicianMarc Anthony and dancehall singerShenseea. The album also includes performances from Broadway and film starsColman Domingo,Billy Porter,Sasha Hutchings,Phillipa Soo, andJasmine Cephas Jones. Following its release, Miranda and Davis confirmed plans to develop a stage adaptation.
Stone made the film as a tribute to his father, Lou Stone, a stockbroker during theGreat Depression. The character of Gekko is said to be a composite of several people, includingDennis Levine,Ivan Boesky,Carl Icahn,Asher Edelman,Michael Milken and Stone himself. The character of Sir Lawrence Wildman, meanwhile, was modelled on Britishfinancier and corporate raiderSir James Goldsmith. Originally, the studio wantedWarren Beatty to play Gekko, but he was not interested; Stone, meanwhile, wantedRichard Gere, but Gere passed on the role.
The film was well received among major film critics. Douglas won theAcademy Award for Best Actor, and the film has come to be seen as the archetypal portrayal of 1980s excess, with Douglas' character declaring that "greed, for lack of a better word, is good." It has also proven influential in inspiring people to work onWall Street, with Sheen, Douglas, and Stone commenting over the years how people still approach them and say that they became stockbrokers because of their respective characters in the film. (Full article...)
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Beth Hamedrash Hagodolfaçade in 2008, before the 2017 fire and subsequent demolition
Founded in 1852 by RabbiAbraham Joseph Ash asBeth Hamedrash, the congregation split in 1859, with the rabbi and most of the members renaming their congregationBeth Hamedrash Hagodol. The congregation's president and a small number of the members eventually formed the nucleus ofKahal Adath Jeshurun, also known as theEldridge Street Synagogue. RabbiJacob Joseph, the first and onlyChief Rabbi of New York City, led the congregation from 1888 to 1902. RabbiEphraim Oshry, one of the few EuropeanJewish legal decisors to survivethe Holocaust, led the congregation from 1952 to 2003.
The congregation's building, aGothic Revival structure built in 1850 as theNorfolk Street Baptist Church and purchased in 1885, was one of the largest synagogues on the Lower East Side. It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1999. In the late 20th century the congregation dwindled and was unable to maintain the building, which had been damaged by storms. Despite their obtaining funding and grants, the structure was critically endangered. (Full article...)
The Film Center Building occupies a rectangular site. Its facade is largely made of brown brick, with windows on all sides, although the ground story has a marble facade and the second story has a white-stone facade. The main entrance on Ninth Avenue leads to a rectangular vestibule, which in turn leads to the main lobby, an elevator lobby, and a passageway leading to a secondary entrance. The lobby's walls and ceilings resemble tapestries, while details such as stair risers, ventilation grilles, directory signs, and elevator doors were designed in a multicolored scheme. The upper stories contain offices, which were initially used largely by major film companies such asMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There were also nearly 100 film vaults, some of which have been converted to office space over the years.
In the 1910s and 1920s, New York City's film industry was centered aroundTimes Square, prompting developer Abe N. Adelson to acquire a site for a film-distribution building in April 1928. Tenants began moving to the building in January 1929, coinciding with the construction of other film-exchange buildings in the immediate vicinity. The Film Center Building was sold at a foreclosure auction in 1936 and was subsequently sold again in 1950. By the mid-20th century, television andindependent film producers began taking space there. TheFirst Republic Bank bought the Film Center Building in 1968, andNewmark & Company acquired it in 1971. GFP Real Estate, which split from Newmark & Company, further renovated the Film Center Building in the 2010s. (Full article...)
Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1968 with abachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed itthe Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television showThe Apprentice, bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the2016 presidential election againstDemocratic Party nomineeHillary Clinton. (Full article...)
With a population of 2,405,464 as of the2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be thefourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest ofNew York City,Los Angeles, andChicago. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated borough in New York City and the fourth-most densely populatedU.S. county. Queens is highly diverse with approximately 47% of its residents beingforeign-born. (Full article...)
The Bronx is divided by theBronx River into a hillier section in thewest, and a flattereastern section. East and west street names are divided byJerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County (modern-day Manhattan) in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, includingWoodlawn Cemetery,Van Cortlandt Park,Pelham Bay Park, theNew York Botanical Garden, and theBronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. TheThain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden is thousands of years old and is New York City's largest remaining tract of the original forest that once covered the city. These open spaces are primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan. The Bronx is also home toYankee Stadium ofMajor League Baseball. (Full article...)
The borough, as Kings County, at 37,339.9 inhabitants per square mile (14,417.0/km2), is the secondmost densely populated county in the U.S. after Manhattan (New York County), and the most populouscounty in the state, as of 2022. In the2020 United States census, the borough had a population of 2,736,074. Had Brooklyn remained an independent city on Long Island, it would now be thefourth most populous American city after the rest ofNew York City,Los Angeles, andChicago. With a land area of 69.38 square miles (179.7 km2) and a water area of 27.48 square miles (71.2 km2), Kings County, one of the twelve original counties established under British rule in 1683 in the then-province of New York, is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third smallest by total area. (Full article...)
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/STAT-ən) is the southernmost of thefive boroughs ofNew York City, coextensive withRichmond County and situated at the southernmost point of theState of New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state ofNew Jersey by theArthur Kill and theKill Van Kull and from the rest of New York byNew York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2); it is also the least densely populated and mostsuburban borough in the city.
A home to theLenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island wasconsolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as theBorough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by thecity government and the media. It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks. (Full article...)
Image 9The Sunday magazine of theNew York World appealed to immigrants with this April 29, 1906 cover page celebrating their arrival at Ellis Island. (fromHistory of New York City (1898–1945))
Image 13Anderson Avenue garbage strike. A common scene throughout New York City in 1968 during a sanitation workers strike (fromHistory of New York City (1946–1977))
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